Envelop.



C. L. FOWLER.

ENVELOP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 9. 915- LZIOAQQ. Patented Jan. 2,1917.

3 F I 5.1 "n" 6 1m: NORR'S FEYERS CG" M4010 LIYHO. wAsmNu ram D L CHRISTOPHER L. FOWLER, OF CLIFTON STATION, VIRGINIA.

ENVELOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Application filed November 9, 1915. Serial No. 60,576.

To all whom it mayconcern Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER L. Fow- LER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clifton Station, in the county of Fairfax and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Envelops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in envelops.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of envelops and to provide a simple, practical and inexpensive envelop designed for use on rural free delivery routes and equipped with a pocket adapted to contain coins equal to the price of the postage so that persons not having the necessary stamps may inclose in the pocket the amount of the stamps so that the postman may collect the mail and apply the stamps to the proper envelop after he re turns to the post-oflice whereby all confusion relative to money collected along a rural free delivery route for postage will be entirely eliminated.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the ad vantages of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a rear elevation of an envelop provided with a coin pocket constructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a portion of the envelop, the sealing flap being open, Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line H of Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, 1 designates an envelop of any desired form provided with an ordinary sealing flap 2 and equipped at the exterior thereof with a pocket forming piece 3 extending entirely across the sealing flap and shaped to conform to the configuration of the tapered portion thereof at 4: and gummed at its side edges and at its outer edge to enable it to be secured to the sealing flap. The pocket forming piece is provided at its free edge with a reduced projecting tongue or flap 5 which extends beyond the pocket 6 formed by the piece 3 and the said flap or extension 5 is adapted to be folded over the front of the envelop as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings to confine a coin in the pocket 6. The tongue or extension 5 may be gummed or ungummed and the strip 3 is provided at opposite sides of the pocket with rows of perforations 7 to enable the body of the pocket to be readily torn off to obtain the contents of the pocket. The front of the envelop adjacent to the flap or extension bears the words Put two cents here or some similar expression, for indicating the use of the pocket.

What is claimed is 1. An envelop including a sealing flap and provided on the exterior thereof with a rear pocket forming piece secured at its side and outer edge to the sealing flap and provided at the inner or upper edge with an extension or flap project-ing beyond the upper edge of the envelop and arranged to fold over the front of the envelop for closing the mouth of the pocket formed by the said piece.

2. An envelop including a sealing flap and provided on the exterior thereof with a rear pocket forming piece secured at its side and outer edge to the sealing flap and projecting at the inner or upper edge beyond the upper edge of the envelop to provide an extension or flap arranged to fold over the front of the envelop for closing the mouth of the pocket formed by the said piece, the latter being extended vertically across the flap and provided at opposite sides with rows of perforations terminating at the extension or flap and adapted to enable the strip or piece to be detached.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER L. FOWLER.

Witnesses:

W. H. MATHERS, R. C. HIGKEY.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

